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RADIATOR.

No. 601,655. Patented Apr. 5,1898.

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RADIATOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.'601,655, dated April 5,1898. Application filed April 5, 1897. Serial No. 630,814. (Ito model.)

To all' whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, JOHN THOMAS J ACK- SON, mechanical engineer, andFERGUS JAMES TRAVERS, subjects of the Queen of Great Britain, residingin the city of Toronto, in the county of York, in'the Province ofOntario, Dominion of Canada, have invented certain new and usefulimprovements in steam and hot-water heating radiators in which apositive and constant circulation of steam and hot water is sustained,of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to certain. new and useful improvements in steamand hot-water heating radiators.

, The object of our invention is to provide a simple type of radiator ofsuch construction that its circulation will be unimpeded, so that auniform heat will be rapidly established and readily maintainedthroughout the entire radiator.

A further object is to construct a radiator consisting of a plurality ofvertical sections, each having transverse conduits at top and bottom forthe escape of air and Water of condensation, a steam inlet andoutletopening at the middle portion of each section, and means forclamping the sections together, the conduits and openings of thesections intercommunicating.

The above and such other objects as may occur from the ensuingdescription are ac complished by the construction of radiatorillustrated by the accompanying drawings.

The invention consists, essentially, of the device hereinafter morefully set forth, and

more particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 shows an edge sectional view of the end loopor column. a Fig.

2 shows a face sectional view of the end loop or column. Fig. 3 shows anedge sectional view of the inner circulating loop or column. Fig. 4shows a face sectional view of the inner circulating loop or column.Fig. 5 is a view of the radiator.

Like letters of reference refer to like parts throughout thespecification anddrawings.

A represents one of the end loops, in which are formed two chambers a a.The upper chamber a is divided by a vertical partition 12 into twovertical water-legs b b", the vertical water-leg I) being in circulationwith the lower chamber a and the other water-leg, I), being incirculation at the top with the water-leg b.

L represents an outlet-port formed centrally in the loop A and incirculation with the Water-leg b".

T representsa curved partition connected to-the lower end of thevertical partition I) and to the side of the shell of the loop A,immediately below the outlet L, the purpose of the partition T being toseparate thewater-leg h from the lower chamber aand'deflect the Watermoving through the water-leg 1) through the outlet L into thenextadjacent loop.

K represents an inlet for the loop A. The inlet K is located at thelower end of the outer side of the loop A and is fitted to receive theadjacent end of the flow-pipe.

H represents a horizontal exterior tubular passage at the extreme bottomof the radiator- .loops and connected with the interior of the saidloops by means of the vertical opening Z. One end of the said passage His provided with a male coupling E, which is adapted to fit into afemale coupling D at the other end of the said passage H of the nextadjacent loop.

- Q represents a horizontal exterior tubular passage at the extremetopof the radiatorloops and connected with the interior of the said loopsby means of the vertical opening X. One end of thesaid tubular passage Qis provided with a male coupling g, which is adapted to fit into afemale coupling F at the other end of the said tubular passage Q of thenext adjacent loop. The said tubular passage Q by means of the verticalopening X is in circulation with the water-legs b and b. The femalecouplings D and F are each adapted to receive a compressible ring orgasket to prevent leakage from the openings in the top and bottom of theloops. 7

B represents an intermediate loop which consists of three water-legs d dd, respectively. The water-leg d is provided with a centralinlet-opening M in circulation with the water-leg 01. The lower end ofthe waterleg (1 is in circulation with the lower end of the water-leg(1, while the upper end of the Water-leg d is in circulation with theupper 'end of. the water-leg cl".

vided with an outlet openingllin circulation The loop B isprospectively, placing theinlet-openin g Min Cil'f.

cnlation with the water-leg d and the outlet opening L in circulationwith thewater-leg d. Theinlet-opening M and the outlet-open ing L areeach surrounded by a hub B, one

7 I side of which is fitted with a female connection 9' to receive themale connection 4'' of the hub of the next adjacent loop and also toreccive a compressiblering or gasket.

' horizontal passageH, which said horizontal The lower'end oft-he loopB'is provided with a vertical opening Z, connecting with a passage H isin circulation with the horizon? tal passage H of the loop A, while thetop of l the loop Bis provided with a horizontalpas sage Q, connectedwith the interior opening of the said loops, at the extreme top thereof,

by means of thevertical opening X, and which said passage Q is incirculation with the passage of therloop A, and by means ofthesaid-vertical openingXis in circular tion with the water-legs d and d. 3

a r 'We prefer to screw thread the hubs of each of the loops with rightand left threads and draw. the loops together by means of acorrespondingly-threaded coupling nut. We do not confine ourselves toany particular style of coupling, as we may employ any system of acoupling theloopsi together thatis now in connections.

practical use. In practice when the loops are placed together the maleconnections 0 of the hubs R are inserted into the female connections 4"of the hub R of the next adjacent loop, a compressible ring or gasketbeing interposed between the male and female The male connection of thehorizontal passage Q of one loop is inserted into the female connectionof the said horizontal passage Q of the next adjacent loop, with acompressible ring or gasket interposed between these connections, andthe male connection of the horizontal passage H of one loop is insertedinto the female connection of the said horizontal passage H of the nextadjacent loop, with a compressible ring or gasket interposed between theconnections. The coupling -nut or other coupling medium is thentightened and the adjoining loops forcibly brought together, causing themale connections to force the compressible rings into the femaleconnections, thus preventing any leakage from any of the said openings,the

horizontal passage 11 at the end loop or loops' being provided with adraw-off cock and the horizontal passage Q with an automatic valve.

The circulation of the water is as follows: The water enters the loop Aby means of the inlet-opening K, passes up the water-leg a into thewater-leg 1), around the top of the partition I), and down the water-legI), out

through the opening L into the water leg cl of the next adjacent loop,passing downward through the water-leg d into the lower end of thewater-leg d, passing down the water-leg :d. out through the opening Linto the waterleg d of the next adjacent loop, and soon into the endloop, which is similar to the loop A, the circulationof the water,-however, being ing upward through the water-leg 1), down the water-leg Zto the water-leg a, and out through the opening K to the return-pipe.

By means of the horizontal passageH the water caused by thecondensationof steam,

' when theradiator is used as a steam-radiator,

the water-leg (1, up the water-leg d and into reversed from that of theloop A-viz., passcan be conveniently drained off by means of I thevertical openings Z which are in circulationwiththe water-legs d and dof the loop air, the: same'mayxbedrawn oif the entire radiator-by. meansof the vertical openings X which are in circulation with the waterlegs dand cl? of loop B and the horizontal passage Q.

K represents an outlet for the loop A, fitted to receive the exhaust orreturnpipe.

The transverse passages 00 and 00 (shown in Figs. 1 and 2) are designedto receive coupling rods or bolts, if it is necessary to use suchdevices, i n-addition to the central coupling shown and described.

Having nowparticularly described and ascertaincd the nature of our saidinvention, we

hereby declarethat what we claim is 1. The combination of a plurality ofvertical radiator-sections each having transverse conduits at top andbottom for the escape of air and water of condensation, respectively, asteam-inlet opening and steam-outlet opening at its middle portion,andmeans for clampin g the sections together, the several conduits andopenings of the sections intercommunieating.

2. The combination of a plurality of vertical radiator-sections eachhaving transverse conduits at top and bottom for the escape of air andwater of condensation, respectively, a steam-inlet opening and asteam-outlet opening at its middle portion, and means for clamping thesections together, a deflectingplate in each section separating thecentral inlet and outlet thereof, the several conduits and openings ofthe sections intercommunieating.

3. A vertical radiator, comprising a plurality of loops or sections eachprovided with top and bottom projections which fit together to formsteam-tight joints, saidprojections having passages to allow thesections to communicate with each other, and with central fasteningdevices which serve to firmly secure the loops together at the centerand to draw their top and bottom connections into close union.

4:. An end loop of a radiator consisting of two chambers a, a, the lowerchamber a forming a single water-leg and provided with an inlet-opening,the upper chamber a divided bya vertical partition into two verticalwater legs I), b, the vertical water-leg b in communication with thelower, chamber a, and the water-leg b in communication at the top of theloop with the water-leg b, the radiatorloop being provided with anoutlet-port at the lower end of thewater-leg b", and a curvilinearhorizontal partition connected to the lower end of the verticalpartition separating the lower end of the water-leg b and outletportfrom the lower chamber a and waterleg 17, substantially as set forth.

5. An end loop of a radiator consisting of two chambers a a, the lowerchamber a forming a single water-leg and provided with an inlet-opening,the upper chamber a divided by a vertical partition into two verticalwaterlegs 1), b", the vertical water-leg b in communication withthe'lower chamber a, and the water-leg b in communication at the'top ofthe loop with the water-leg b, the radiatorloop being provided with anoutlet-port at the lower end of the water-leg b", and a curvilinearhorizontal partition connected to the lower end of the verticalpartition separating the lower end of the water-leg b and outletportfrom the lower chamber a and waterleg I) and an exterior integralpassage at the lower end of the said loop communicating therewith by avertical opening, substantially as set forth.

6. An end loop of a radiator consisting of two chambers a, a, the lowerchamber a forming a single water-leg, the upper chamber a divided by avertical partition into two vertical water-legs b, b, the verticalwaterleg I) in communication with the lower chamber a, and the water-legb" in communication at the top of the loop with the water-leg b, theradiator-loop being provided with an outlet-port located at the centerof the loop and at the lower end of the water-leg b", a cur-' vilinearhorizontal partition connected to the lower end of the verticalpartition separating the lower end of the water-leg b" and outletleg I),a port at the lower. end of the said loop: in combination with anintermediate loop, comprised of vertical water-legs in communicationwith each other, and separated by vertical partitions, an inlet andoutlet for the water legs separated by a curvilinear horizontalpartition, drainage-openings at the bottom of the said loops inconnection with each other and with the flow and return pipes, andair-vents at the top of the loops in communication with each other,substantially as set forth.

Dated this 30th day of March, A. D. 1897.

JOHN THOMAS JACKSON. FERGUSJAMES TRAVERS;

Witnesses:

ELLA GLEAsoN, MARY CAROLINE MACDONELL.

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